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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Tóibín, Colm, 1955-     Subjects     Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Women poets, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Poets, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Tóibín, Colm, 1955-       by title:      On Elizabeth Bishop ...       by call number:      811.54 B6224t     Search the Web     Tóibín, Colm, 1955-     Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Women poets, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Poets, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

On Elizabeth Bishop / Colm Tóibín. by Tóibín, Colm, 1955- Princeton University Press, [2015] Call #: 811.54 B6224t Subjects Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation.   Women poets, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism.   Poets, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism.   Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Series Writers on writers. ISBN:  0691154112 9780691154114 (hc.) Description:  209 pages ; 20 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205). Contents:  No detail too small -- One of me -- In the village -- The art of losing -- Nature greets our eyes -- Order and disorder in Key West -- The escape from history -- Grief and reason -- The little that we get for free -- Art isn't worth that much -- The Bartók bird -- Efforts of affection -- North American light. Summary:  "Novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences -- the American poet Elizabeth Bishop, who was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, and the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry (for Poems: North & south: A cold spring) in 1956. Ranging across her poetry, prose, letters, and biography, Tóibín creates a vivid picture of Bishop while also revealing how her work has helped shape his sensibility as a novelist and how her experiences of loss and exile resonate with his own. What emerges is a compelling double portrait that will intrigue readers interested in both Bishop and Tóibín. For Tóibín, the secret of Bishop's emotional power is in what she leaves unsaid. Exploring Bishop's famous attention to detail, Tóibín describes how Bishop is able to convey great emotion indirectly, through precise descriptions of particular settings, objects, and events. He examines how Bishop's attachment to the Nova Scotia of her childhood, despite her later life in Key West and Brazil, is related to her early loss of her parents -- and how this connection finds echoes in Tóibín's life as an Irish writer who has lived in Barcelona, New York, and elsewhere. Skillfully blending biography, literary appreciation, and descriptions of Tóibín's travels to Bishop's Nova Scotia, Key West, and Brazil, this is a fresh and memorable look at a beloved poet even as it gives us a window into the mind of one of today's most acclaimed novelists"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  2   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 811.54 B6224t Adult books Item being held Add Copy to MyList

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